The extension aims to bolster transit links to key areas including the Rosalind Medical District and Chicago State University.

The idea is to do this before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, paving the way for the addition of the Far South side to move forward.

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The Federal Transit Administration has signed a grant agreement for $1.97 billion in funding for the 5.5-mile extension of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line, the first line of the L system to reach the Far South Side.

In the waning days of the Biden administration, the federal government officially agreed Friday to commit nearly $2 billion in funding for the CTA's ambitious plan to extend the Red Line on the Far South Side.